Crime & Safety
Loganville Man Faces Murder Charge Linked To Atlanta Girl's Death
A Loganville man is charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of an 8-year-old near where Rayshard Brooks died last year.
GEORGIA — A Loganville man was denied bond in Atlanta Thursday in connection with a shooting more than a year ago that killed an 8-year-old girl.
Jerrion McKinney, 23, was arrested Wednesday by the GBI and charged with murder, aggravated assault and various gang-related offenses in connection with the shooting death of rising third-grader Secoriea Turner on July 4, 2020.
Turner died in a vehicle shot at by demonstrators near the Wendy’s in southwest Atlanta where authorities say Rayshard Brooks was killed by an Atlanta police officer.
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Although investigators believe as many as four people opened fire on the car, only one other person so far has been charged. Julian Conley was arrested a few weeks after Turner’s death.
GBI spokesperson Nelly Miles told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that McKinney’s arrest followed an investigation by the GBI Gang Task Force.
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